The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-23
4 DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
A Sick Mans Wife Disregards the Drug gist's Advice and So Saves the
 Life of Her Husband.

1 an wood carver by trade, and it is out of my line to write letters; but my wife thought it was no more than right that I should let you know what your remedy has done for me. and think so too.
 live in East l57th street, west of Third avenue, and have lived there for abou, twenty three years, where l own real estate Up to the time I am about to mention had been strong, well man. There was always more or less malaria in the neighborhood. but had not personally suffered from it. Itwas ill 1880 had my first attack. It came on as such attacks commonly dO with headaches. loss of appetite and ambition, chilly sensa tons With slight fever afterwards, a disp0si- tion to yawn and stretch, and so forth. Twas employed at that time at killians S Brothers, furniture manufacturers in West 32l street. hoped the attack would wear of, but As it dldnt' consulted weliknown and able phys in Morrisania, who gave me qunine and told me what to do. I can sum up thu. first four and half or five years of my expe rlenee in few words. Occasionally I was laid III for day or two, but the whole | stuck to my work. l kept taking quinine. in larger doses from year to year, and kept on getting weaker and worse, slowly but surely. all the time My trouble was now well de. hne"' and its symptoms were steady and reg ular. l had dumb ague in it's worst form. and 1t was grinding me down in spite of all that could do or the doctors could do. It held me Tn grip like Hre in q burning coal mine The poison had gone all through and over me- and nothing was able to touch 1t. was fast los ing flesh and strength and about March 1884 knocked off work entirely and went home to De down sick, and die for all I could tell ran down so rapidly that soon became unaele to walk any distance. Later I went froA room to room in my own house only by friendA holding me up by each arm. The doses of uui- nine were increased until often took thirty grdfns dtd dose. The effects of this tremen- dous stimulation was to make me nearly wild. It broke my sleep all up, and I often walked the floor, or staggered about it, all night long, scarcely able to bear any noises or even hu.
 
 table. As to food one of my little children would eat more in meal than I could ma day. would order food and then turn from it in disgust. I lived on quinine and other stimulants and myseif, like a bear in win ter The quininc set my head in a whirl, and the liquor-giyen a medicine-made my stomach so sick l could not tolerate it.
 From l75 pounds (my proper weight) I ran down to 97 pounds-the weight of a lirht pirI and was scarcely better than a skeleton.
 Y anybody had taken hdtchet and Knocked nse down aud killed me I should hare beer, bet ter oF.
 During the latter part of this period early in 1886, my phy sician said "Miller, there's no use in my taking any more money of you. can't do you any good. might pour pounds of quinine down your throat, and it wouldn't help you.''
 On the strength of this I gave up the use of quinine altogether, and made up my mind to do nothing more and take my chances.
 Three weeks afterwards-about the last of May-my wife saw an advertisement of Kas. kline in New York paper. She told me of it. l said ''Stuff and nonsense! it can't do me any good" But she went to a druggists. nevertheless, to get it. The druggist advised her against kaskine: he said it was nothing but sugar; that she ought not to throw away her money on it, etc He sad he didn't keep it, but could get it if she insisted on having it. Turning away in disgust, my wife spoke to our neighbor, MT. A. G. Hegewald, who got her bottle at drug store in Sixth avenue
 Almost against my will, and without the least faith, began taking it. In one week was better. l began to sleep I stopped ''seeing ghosts" began to have an appetite and to gain strength. This was now the first was back at my bench at C. P. Smiths scroll saving factory in ll6th street, where work now.
 Since then have never lost day from sick ness. Taking kaskine only, about forty pei lets in four equal doses a day, I continued to gain. The malaria appeared to be killed in my system, and now I've got back my old weight-l75 pounds-and my old strength to labor. am an astonishment to myself and to my friends, and if Kaskine did not do this l don't know what did. The only greater thing it could do would be to bring dead man to life. FREDERICK A. MILLER
 6sO East l57th street. New York
 F. S.-For the absolute truth of the above statement refer to the following gentlemen, who are personally acquainted with the facts: MT. Alexander Weir. 6ss 15sth St. MT George Seaman, l5sth street and Courtlandt avenue; NIT. A Moebus, l54th street and Courtlandt avenue; Mir. P. F. vaupel, I54th street and Courtlandt avenue; MT. John Lunny, $50 East l5sth street; Mir. John Renshaw, laa l25th